Also known as LACM 7256
Where: Baja California, Mexico (30.1° N, 115.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 82.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: La Bocana Roja Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by H. Garbani, J. Loewe in 1971; reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: P. Brodkorb. 1976. Discovery of a Cretaceous bird, apparently ancestral to the orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes (Aves: Carinatae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:67-73 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13312: authorized by John Hunter, entered by John Hunter on 20.02.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Alexornis antecedens n. gen. n. sp.1
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